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Help dealing with communication issue
Relationship Stress / by patientPenguin9985
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 September 29th, 2019
...See more My boyfriend and I have been t oi together for 4 years. We have always been happy around each other and have always had a close bond. He cheated a couple months ago and we have been trying to work through things. We got into an argument earlier this week. We talked today and he says that he wants to take a 6 month break. We dont usually argue but when we do we hit below the belt and then we make up. We currently live together for over a year with two fur babies. Whenever we do talk though, I feel like I have to compete with his phone. We have tried different things like putting the phones away but we seem to stop following through after a week. He feels we are lacking in communication and that I dont engage in things he wants. They're not always things I enjoy (i.e. certain video games) or want to do at that moment. I love him and feel like taking a break will lead to us never getting back together. I want to work on communicating and spending more time doing things we enjoy. Does anyone have an idea of where we can give each other space yet work on things? Or exercises we can do to better gain communication? I dont want to end things without exhausting all options.
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